Bundle-tie.



T. M. PRICE & J. SLRIGHARD.

BUNDLE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT, 10, 1907.

Patented Feb; 9, 1909.

. r/wmmpfiz STATES PATENT or ies.

, ThoMAs MJPRICE'AND JAY s. RIOHARD, or rrAsco', TEXAS.

' ,BiTNDLE-TIE.

States, residing at Itasco, in the count'yjof Hfll and State ofTxas, have invented, a

following is aspecification. .Theinvention relates to improvements in bundle ties.

1.0 -'Th:e object of the. present inventionis to n.

matter, and adapted to be rapidly and securely'tied into packages, and capable of.

" enabling the same to be easily and quickly .untied while tightly holding the package;

' With these and other objects in view, the novelcombination of parts l'ierein'atter fully desc u'bed, illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, ,proportion,

,size and minor details of construction, withinthesco e of the claims, may be resorted to Without eparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. In the drawingz l igure 1 is a plan view iofa bundle :tie, constructed in accordance ".Iwith this invention and shown applied to a -,package. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective vlew iofthe triangular plateor frame. Fig. 3 is .35 an enlarged detail sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, illustrating the manner of attaching one end of the -binder to the plate or .frame. "f

7 Like numerals of" reference designate Mcorresponding parts in all the figuresof the drawing.

I 1 designates a triangular plate'orl frame,

constructed of sheet metal," or other suitable v rovided with a triangular material'qand ,angles to receive a cord 4, which forms a bmder.- The binder may be constructed of an suitable material, and the cord 4 is pro- Vi edat its attached end with a knot 5,

which'engagesthe lower face of the plate orflframe. The recess 3, which is located at one of the crotches "of the tapered or triangular opening, is preferably segmental, as shown, and is of a diameter less than the Specification of Letters Patent.

HY air and "useful Bundle-Tie, of

ove the construction, of bundlefties to provide a simple, inexpensiveand, efiicient' device ofgreat strength and dura ility, designed particularly for) use onmail'.

invention consists in the constructionand opening 2 and aving a recess 3 at one Of its Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

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knot and it (presents rounded edges to the cord to avoi injuring the same. The plate or frame is provided at its The button or stud 6, which is rigid withthe plate or frame, forms a guide for the binder and consists of a shank, piercing the plate or frame and provided at its lower end with a head 8, and having an enlarged head at its upper end spaced from the upper face of the plate or frame to enable the c ord,to be enshank of the stud or button 6, as clearly in dicated in Fig. ,1 of the drawing. The shank of the'button-or stud 6 may be tubular, as

i fslip ing off the shank. I

'l' e side or portion 9, at which the buttons or studs are mounted, is of greater width than the other twov sides of the triangular ;plate or frame, and it is providedat the end ,at which the button or stud 7 is mounted lwith a slot 10 to receive the shank 11 of the button or stud 7. The lower end of the shank of the button or stud 7 pierces a metallic strip 12 and is rigidly connected with the strip with a suitable head 13 to prevent it from pulling out. The stri), which is frame,extends longitudinally of the side 9 and is .rigidlysecured at one end to the same by the button or stud 6. The strip diverges from the side 9, which has its slotted ortion bent upward to' form a jaw 14, w ich is resilient and cooperates with the button in clamping the free end of the cord 4. The button or stud 7 and the cooperating removable in the opening. and closing move ments of the clamp, and the resiliency of the plate maintains the jaw 14 andthe buttonor stud firmly in engagement with the free end of the cord.

Theenlarged side 9 of the triangular plate or frame is arranged at an acute angle to the side 15, which is the longest side of the triangle, the distance between the notch 3 and the stud or button 6 being greater than the stud or button 7, so that the latter is arranged at a point intermediate of the ends of the major axis of the device, when the'same is placed on a package, as illustrated in Fig.

lother'angles with buttons or studs 6 and 7.

gaged with and passed partially around the shown, and the head preventsthe cord from silient portion of the plate. are relatively the latter, being provided at the lower face of located at the lower face of t e plate or distance between the said notch 3 and the t e letters or other matter constituting the bundle until the same is securely tied.

In tying up a package of letters, the letters are held in the left hand and the rigid stud or button is placed beneath the thumb. The cord is then passed around the letters longitudinally thereof, and is engaged withzthe rigid stud or button at the inner side thereof. The direction of the cord is then changed and is wrapped around the bundle in a direction transversely thereof, being preferably passed around the bundle twice, as shown in Fig. 1. The free end of the cord is secured by passing it around the button or stud 7 and drawing the free end between the eng-iging portion or head of the button and the up-turned' jaw of the plate or frame. 'lhe cord is crossed at this point where it is' clamped, and a tight hitch is thereby effected. The cord is drawn beneath the engaging portion of the button with a sharp pull by which the desired tension is placed on the binder. "l he bundle may be easily and quickly untied by grasping it with the left hand and then pulling the free end of the cord outward from the cord-engaging means with the right hand. '1 he cord may then be entirely unwound from the bundle without releasing the grip on the same with the left hand, so that there will be no liability of losing control of the letters or tangling the cord.

'1 he device is practically indestructible,

and the cord may be renewed from time to time. A number of them may be conveniently carried in the-pocket, and the opening 2 enables them to be placed on a file or hung on a nail, or other fastening device.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bundle tie comprising a binder, a plate or frame having one end of the binder attached to it and provided with a slot, a stud passing through the slot and provided with a head cooperating with the plate to form a clamp for engaging the binder, and a strip connected with the stud and carried by the plate, one of the parts being resilient to form a spring clamp.

2. A bundle tie comprising a binder, a plate or frame having one end of the binder attached to it and provided with a slot, a stud passing through the slot of the plate or frame and provided at one face of the same with means for en aging the binder, and a strip connected n itli the stud and located at the other face of the plate, one of the parts being resilient to form a spring clamp for engaging the binder.

3. A bunule tie comprising a binder, a plate having one end of the binder attached to it and provided n ith an opening, a headed silient thereat, a rigid stud mounted on.the.

plate at another angle thereof, a clamping stud passing through the slot and cooperating 1th the resilient portion of the late to form a clamp, and a strip carried by tiie plate and connected ith the clamping stud.

5. A bunclc tie including a plate or frame, a rigid stud mounted on the plate or frame, a clamping stud piercing the plate and spaced from the said stud, and a strip coi'inectcd nith the clamping stud and secured to the plate by the rigid stud, one of the parts being resilient to form a spring clamp. in testimony, that ne claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS M. PRICE.

JAY S. RICHARD.

WVitnesses:

Jno. R. GRIFFIN, M. S. Wooo. 

